Synopsis Charles Kipps details the underground adventures of Kevin Maher, the highest paid informant in the history of the DEA. After an early start down the road to a life of crime, Maher began working for various law enforcement agencies, fulfilling the role of an undercover officer without the behavioral restrictions which come with carrying a badge. He works on cases ranging from robbery to homicide, but his biggest bust comes when he befriends and betrays a high-ranking member of a Colombian drug cartel. In 2009, Maher's ex-wife Beverly Merrill, whose drug use and criminal exploits are documented in the book, re-emerged as one of the subjects of the reality TV show REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY, though she had changed her name to Danielle Staub.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1995-12-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 321 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 24.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Former FBI and Secret Service agent Kevin Maher describes the intervention that prevented him from following a life of crime and recounts his dangerous career in which he solved homicides, targeted the mafia, and fought in the drug war.
Industry Reviews Kipps (Out of Focus) deftly labels Maher an ``excitement junkie,'' and the aptness of that term is clear from the first paragraph of this high-speed bio. From a broken home, Maher early became addicted to fast cars, and at 17, driving a stolen car, he led police on a wild chase from the Bronx in New York City to the Catskills. For this he got a prison sentence of up to four years. After escape and re-incarceration, he had the good fortune to encounter detective Jim Doherty, who became a second father to him. He then built a career as a confidential informant for various police departments, the FBI and the DEA. His fascination with fast cars continuing, he met at a drag-racing strip the scion of one of Colombia's drug families and for several years was a serious cocaine addict whose habit wrecked his first two marriages and derailed his career as an informant. Eventually he conquered his addiction and now works for a security firm in New Jersey. From all the derring-do here emerges the portrait of a man who never grew up. First serial to Penthouse. (Feb.) Lopate
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